Is the Console War Over? Past, Present and Possible Future - SNGP 109

While enjoying the plugs for the original PlayStation in Hackers, David Radd fooled around with the  November Google Doodle: a card game dealing with the Rise of the Half Moon instead of doing something productive and engaged in tedious driving sequences in Deadly Premonition The Director's Cut.  Meanwhile, Tuesday dealt with the Resident Evil puzzles in Crow Country and experienced first hand how faithful Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven was as a remake.  In the news, Sony reports records profits in their PlayStation division while the PS5 sells 65 million units and Kadokawa confirms that Sony Corp. has expressed interest in purchasing the media company.  Xbox CEO Phil Spencer says more Xbox hardware is coming while confirming there are no "red lines" on future games for Sony or Nintendo systems and the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards are announced.  For the topic, David and Tuesday talk about the history of the console wars, from it's marketing driven start, crystallization into the Big Three and settling on where it is today, which is significantly less heated than it once was.

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